linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: ufs: Export query request interfaces

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Date:   Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:35:36 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Can Guo <cang@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     asutoshd@...eaurora.org, nguyenb@...eaurora.org,
        rnayak@...eaurora.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com, saravanak@...gle.com, salyzyn@...gle.com,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>,
        Pedro Sousa <pedrom.sousa@...opsys.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>,
        Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ufs: Export query request interfaces

On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 02:32:04AM +0000, Can Guo wrote:
> Vendor drivers may need to send query requests in proprietary
> implementations. Hence, export the query request interfaces
> so that vendor drivers can use them.

Vendor driver ain't matter.  If you submit your driver to mainline
and can prove a need you can add a patch to export interface to the
series adding the driver.